Should I try to flash the robot to the latest versions of P2os or other programs?

stephen reiman <stephen_reiman@yahoo.com> wrote:

I tried using playerjoy and had the same result.

How important is the OS? I have been using Mandrake 10 instead of Debian or Redhat. I haven't been able to figure out the package manager for Redhat to install individual packages (such as swig or python) and I haven't been able to get a usbstick working with Debian. Activmedia says that they only "support" Redhat and Debian, which I assumed meant they would provide tech support and the like for these OSes, not that they were the only ones that the AT would work with. Perhaps I was mistaken.

y <gerkey@ai.stanford.edu> wrote:

stephen reiman wrote:> The BUMPSTALL code appears to work on the robot. By work, I mean that > when I try and move the robot with playerv I no longer recieve a warning > that the bumpers are engaged. However, I still cannot make the wheels > move. There is no longer a velocity thresholded error, but the wheels > won't turn.> > The motors appear to be enabled since the status light is blinking fast. > And sometimes they appear to move slightly. This is happening on two > bots and they both work in the Activmedia environment. It still appears > to be a sw issue and not hw related.

This is mysterious. Have you tried driving it from the keyboard with playerjoy? E.g.:$ playerjoy -h Hold down 'i' to go forward.